As a writer, you live in such isolation. It's hard to imagine your book has a life beyond you. Ann Brashares More Quotes by Ann Brashares More Quotes From Ann Brashares I love that blurry place where life’s transitions are made without you even knowing it. Ann Brashares blurry transition knowing What happened to me by myself felt partly dreamed, partly imagined, definitely shifted and warped by my own fears and wants. But who knows? Maybe there is more truth in how you feel than in what actually happens. Ann Brashares how-you-feel want feels At the worst possible moment, the most painful, darkest moment when you can't take it anymore and you are afraid, that is when a feeling of peace and comfort will come over you, and it's like nothing you've ever felt. Ann Brashares over-you comfort feelings I'm dying with you before I'm living without you. Ann Brashares without-you dying He could lose himself in her forever, he thought. Ann Brashares loses forever We forgive and forget. At least I forgive and he forgets. Ann Brashares forgive-and-forget forgiving forget Someday was the thing he had, because it was a lot harder to ruin than today. Ann Brashares someday ruins today There were those emotions down there, and though she couldn't quite feel them, they were strong and she feared them. It was like watching a thunderhead from high up in a plane, and though you weren't under it, you knew how it would feel if you were. You knew you'd have to land eventually. Ann Brashares emotion land strong Her body was a prison, her mind was a prison. Her memories were a prison. The people she loved. She couldn't get away from the hurt of them. She could leave Eric, walk out of her apartment, walk forever if she liked, but she couldn't escape what really hurt. Tonight even the sky felt like a prison. Ann Brashares hurt sky memories Sex could be a blissful communion,. But it could also be a weapon, and its absence, sometimes, was required for the establishment of peace. Ann Brashares weapons peace sex Hey," he said. "It's someday." He said the last word in Greek. Ann Brashares hey lasts greek He tricked himself into thinking that she would look into his eyes and remember, that love would conquer all. Ann Brashares eye looks thinking I love her. I need her. I gave away everything I had for her. I just wanted her to know me. Ann Brashares know-me wanted needs He'd pushed her. He'd scared her. He'd besieged her. He'd vowed he wouldn't, and he did. Ann Brashares scared She remembered me.' This was his worst weakness, his most toxic drug. Ann Brashares toxic weakness drug She cared about him too much, and he was a dangerous person to love. He wouldn't love her back. Ann Brashares dangerous too-much persons A part of her wanted to tell him she still loved him, and that even though this love was hopeless and long over, it still consumed her year after year. It was a tangled hairball of feelings and she couldn't pull forth any one strand. Ann Brashares tangled long years She hadn't chosen the brave life. She'd chosen the small, fearful one. Ann Brashares fearful chosen brave You should find him because he loves you. Ann Brashares should love-you But I know this. We're ready to move forward again in our way. Together or apart, no matter how far apart, we live in one another. We go on together. Ann Brashares goes-on together moving